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ruling class

NOUN

gentility

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STRONGEST

aristocracy civility decorum elegance politeness propriety respectability

STRONG

courtesy courtliness culture elite etiquette flower formality gentlefolk gentry nobility polish quality rank refinement society urbanity

WEAK

blue blood gentle birth good breeding good family good manners high birth mannerliness optimacy upper class upper crust

Antonyms

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bad manners impoliteness rudeness

WEAK

coarseness crudeness roughness rusticity

NOUN

nobility

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dignity generosity grandeur greatness integrity superiority upper class virtue

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elevation elite ennoblement exaltation excellence gentry glorification honor illustriousness incorruptibility loftiness magnanimity magnificence majesty nobleness patricians peerage royalty society stateliness sublimity uprightness worthiness

WEAK

high society

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dishonor insignificance unimportance

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condemnation debasement denunciation depression humiliation

NOUN

noblesse

Synonyms

STRONG

birth blood dignity elevation elite ennoblement exaltation excellence generosity gentry glorification grandeur greatness honor illustriousness incorruptibility integrity loftiness magnanimity magnificence majesty nobleness patricians peerage royalty society stateliness sublimity superiority uprightness virtue worthiness

WEAK

blue blood high society upper class

Antonyms

STRONG

condemnation debasement denunciation depression disgrace dishonor humiliation inferiority insignificance meanness selfishness unimportance

NOUN

power structure

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STRONGEST

hierarchy

WEAK

class structure corridors of power establishment interests managerial hierarchy power elite powers that be status system stratification

NOUN

second estate

Synonyms

WEAK

aristocracy better sort cream elite gentry patriciate privileged upper class upper crust

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Legal filings, Cambodian corporate records and sanctions actions in the U.S. and other countries document the infiltration of Cambodia’s ruling class by online scam networks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

And what about the classic English "received pronunciation", long the go-to sound of the British ruling class?

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

Only later did the ruling class realize the possible error of their loyalty.

From Slate • Sep. 27, 2025

"For the first time it was the Kenyan people - the working class and the middle class and the lower class - against the ruling class," says Mwangi.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2025

But in fact, they were not of the ruling class.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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